01/14PM Narendra Modi pays tributes to Karunanidhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the late DMK President M. Karunanidhi after laying a wreath on the body that was lying in state at Rajaji Hall in Chennai.

Arriving here by a special flight, Modi reached the government estate and paid his respects to the late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

After going around the casket in which the body was wrapped in the tri-color, the Prime Minister patted M.K. Stalin, Karunanidhi's son and political heir, and his daughter Kanimozhi, MP, and comforted them with words of solace.

02/14Stalin thanks people of Tamil Nadu

An emotional MK Stalin, son of late DMK patriarch Karunanidhi and DMK working president, shows his gratitude to people for their respect for the Kalaignar. The DMK cadres and people belonging to all ages cried their eyes out in recognition of their leader's service to the poor and oppressed with pioneering welfare schemes. Thousands of police personnel deployed near Rajaji Hall had a difficult time keeping the crowds under check.

03/14Chennai gathers to mourn

Lakhs of emotionally charged people from all over Tamil Nadu gathered near Rajaji Hall, the British-built banquet hall in the sprawling government estate, where the 94-year-old Karunanidhi's body lay in state wrapped in the national tricolour.

05/14Karunanidhi donated his Gopalapuram residence for hospital

The late leader's daughter and Member of Parliament Kanimozhi in conversation with her brother MK Stalin near their father's mortal remains at the Rajaji Hall in the heart of Chennai. DMK supremo M Karunanidhi had donated his residence at posh Gopalapuram locality here in 2010 for setting up a hospital for the poor. Karunanidhi, who died yesterday at the age of 94, had expressed his desire to gift the house, where he had lived for over five decades since 1955, at a launch function.

06/14Dhanush, wife Aishwarya paid their last respects

07/14Mamata Banerjee pays her last respect

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pays her last respect to DMK chief M Karunanidhi, in Chennai on Wednesday. The Indian national flag would fly half mast during this period and all government-related functions would be cancelled, Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said.The orders were issued by Chief Minister K Palaniswami following the death of the veteran leader. PTI

08/14Rajinikanth pays homage to Karunanidhi

Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader T. T. V. Dhinakaran and Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth also paid their homage in Chennai. Prior to this, the mortal remains of Karunanidhi was kept at his Gopalapuram residence and was later taken to his daughter Kanimozhi's residence in CIT Colony for the homage.

09/14Condolences flow in for the aggrieved family

Soon after Karunanidhi's demise, many political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and chief ministers of various states expressed their deep grief and extended their condolences to the bereaved family.

10/14Karunanidhi accorded state funeral

Wrapped in tricolor, Karunanidhi mortal remains have been kept at the hall for the public to pay homage. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam visited Rajaji Hall to pay their respect to the DMK chief. The 94-year-old political leader passed away on August 7 after prolonged illness. He will be accorded with the state funeral later in the day.

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